Nitrogen fertilization and cropping system impacts on soil properties and their relationship to crop yield in the central Corn Belt, USA

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-129

  Jagadamma, Sindhu ^a   Lal, Rattan ^a   Hoeft, Robert G ^b   Nafziger, Emerson D ^b   Adee, Eric A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous corn; Corn soybean rotation; Crop yield; Multiple regression analysis; Nitrogen; Principal component analysis; Soil chemical properties; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROP MANAGEMENT; FIELD-LEVEL VARIABILITY;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOYBEAN;

CORN BELT; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43249110700     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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